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And so I’m hooked. Rumi (as mediated by Coleman Barks)
Having come across Rumi a few times in references by several writers, I was finally persuaded to give him a go when a woman I met on a recent trip to Chicago recommended him most enthusiastically. And...
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Architectures speak of the joy the soul is here for
Great architectural forms like cathedrals and mosques, precarious Himalayan monasteries, standing stonehenges, inviting amphitheaters, and pyramids all reveal longings in the human soul, the ways it...
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A pointer to pure being
Having enjoyed poetry when I went to school, I somehow never followed this up, until fairly recently, inspired by a friend, I took to reading it on a regular basis. Now there is always some poetry on...
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Best Reads 2013. VI: Rumi, The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing
This book, indeed Rumi generally, has been a revelation to me. As I have said elsewhere, I had come across him several times in the writings of Richard Rohr and others, but it was only when a woman I...
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Rumi and Coleman Barks: ambassadors of peace
Apparently, Rumi is the most widely read poet in America today. Why then does WordPress’s spell checker not recognise him? Anyway, Rumi’s success is no mean feat for a writer who, after all, represents...
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Secret places inside this violent world
Time for some more of Rumi’s poetry, again in the translation of Coleman Barks, from Bridge to the Soul: Journeys into the Music and Silence of the Heart. I am sure I have said this before, but Rumi...
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